NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew has warned Papiss Cisse that he will be sold in the summer unless his form improves in the second half of the season.

Cisse scored 13 goals in his first 14 appearances for Newcastle after joining the club from Freiburg in January 2012.

But the Senegal international has struggled to recapture that form last season and is again failing to impress this term.

Indeed, the 28-year-old has fallen behind QPR loanee Loic Remy in the St James' Park pecking order and Pardew is running out of patience.

Pardew revealed that Cisse is closing in on a return to action after aggravating a back injury during a warm-weather training camp in Abu Dhabi last month, but says now is the time for the player to stake a claim for a place in his future plans.

He said: "He needs to have a big second half of the season for the summer.

"We are going to have to make a decision with Papiss: whether he is going to stay at this club and be a big player for us like he was two years ago and last year to a degree, or whether it's going to be pastures new."

And Pardew insists he is focussed on the game against Tottenham despite Newcastle fans expressing their disappointment at the 3-0 loss to Chelsea over the weekend.

He added: "I try to be consistent through the ups and downs of the emotion that is in this city at times. Some of it is over the top, there's no doubt about that.